the kids at the bus stop in redwood city, mountain view, fremont, lows in the 30s, even san francisco for the first time this year dropping down to 40 degrees. here's cbs 5 high-def doppler radar with clear skies. we would expect the radar to be clear and it is. but it won't be starting thursday. speaking of not clear on the radar, how about the snow that's going to come to the mountains. skiers and snowboarders, you love this! check out the snow levels. 1500 to 2,000 feet. we're talking up to two feet of new snow by thursday with more snow coming up on friday and saturday. here's the deal. two things i want to talk about. first is the cold. check out the influence of our air still coming down from the north and west. it is december. it's almost winter so when we do this we are going to get chilly. high pressure off to our west, ushering in the cold canadian air the coldest night since january. low pressure moves closer to us. that will take the storm track toward the bay area. rain begins on thursday. it will be wet from thursday through sunday. so clouds will increase late tomorrow.